MIMO Technology: The Reliable Wireless Digital Home Network is Here Now

Greg Raleigh | President and CEO | Airgo Networks, Inc

MIMO Enhanced Wi-Fi for Home Multimedia Networks
Kitchen Home Theater and Set Top Box
Bedroom Home Office
Children’s Room
Living Room – TV Displays and Gaming
Home Service Gateway
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voice and networking
. music. speed and reliability consumers need for video.The Defining Question: What Technology To Use For The Digital Home?
The emergence of a single digital home network is the most important event in the coming decade for four important markets
The consumer electronics and home networking market The consumer video media service market The consumer broadband access market The on demand internet media service market
There are four technologies vying to solve the home networking problem
Wireless HomePlug HomePNA MoCA
Wireless is the hands-down favorite once there is a technology that has the coverage.

The Need for Wireless that Always Works
In the past 10 years wireless has become central to our lifestyle
Wi-Fi for home and office Cellular phones Mobile email devices
Consumers must have wireless.consumers now can have wireless that “always works” so they can “forget about it and just connect”
. but they don’t enjoy the wireless they have
Dropped calls in cell phones Wi-Fi that only works in some rooms and is too slow Email that can’t include large attachments
Consumers have become accustomed to wireless that is “barely acceptable” MIMO technology changes all of this .

From Marconi to MIMO
The new concept completely reversed 100 years of thinking
In 1896 Guglielmo Marconi transmits a radio signal from behind a hill For the next 100 years experts view multi-path. as a severe hindrance in wireless
Introducing MIMO
The technology behind the revolution Using multi-path to improve radio transmission performance
MIMO removes the limits and frustrations of wireless freeing people to work and play when. where and how they choose
. reflections of a radio signal.

What MIMO Means For Wireless Consumers
MIMO technology simultaneously
Multiplies coverage area – extends reach Multiplies data speed – extends applications Multiplies reliability – eliminates hassles
Coverage
This new wireless performance frontier allows consumers to do more with their wireless over longer distances
Whole home coverage High quality multimedia streaming No more cables. no more Ethernet
Speed
People can simplify their home networking and entertainment systems
Wireless you can trust Wireless that always works for everything
Reliability
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A Brighter Wireless Future is Here
In 2004 MIMO chipset technology was inserted into the Wi-Fi consumer market
Over one million chips shipped within 8 weeks of the first retail product availability
This event has forever changed for the better what consumers and businesses will do with wireless networking
There will be no practical limit to what MIMO-Enhanced Wi-Fi can do in home networks There will be no practical need for Ethernet by 3Q 2005
The entire Wi-Fi industry is now converging on a new interoperability standard based on MIMO technology .11n proposals are virtually identical with MIMO OFDM as the key ingredient The cellular industry will deploy a 4G MIMO standard within 4 years
There is no “battle” over 802.the new mainstream in late 2005
Both important 802.11n – both leading proposals have essentially the exact same technology that has already been proven in the market
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“… impressed with the speed and range benefits of MIMO technology.” “Clear. unbroken wireless Internet access over a large area.” “Far better than my expectations of any Wi-Fi gear thus far. and fast as all get-out. And it will simply amaze you.11g gear.even for 802.What the Press is Saying
“Dramatically improves range -. It works. It's real.”
“Six times greater effective throughput than competitive devices tested”
. range winner in my testing.” “It blows its predecessors out of the water.” “I was able to surf the Web from a laptop across the street and slightly down the block…”
“Phenomenal performance…the clear throughput vs.11b and 802.